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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jdrakeh" data-source="post: 4892365" data-attributes="member: 13892">I've played the original Tomb of Horrors and think it could be done in 4e. Having said that, the end result would be different in terms of actual play, instead embodying the design philosophy of D&D 4e. Just as Return to the Tomb of Horrors was vastly different than the original, embodying the design philosophy of AD&D 2e. I envision a D&D 4e Tomb of Horrors as lacking binary "save or die" death traps, those features being replaced by the skill challenges and tactical combats of the current D&D edition. I further expect a D&D 4e version of the Tomb of Horrors would have a detailed back story and heavy story elements, both of which were lacking in the original (but that were introduced in Return to the Tomb of Horrors). Such a module wouldn't be the same kind of module that the original was by any means. That's not exactly a bad thing, though — throwing together a bunch of one-dimensional death traps is pretty low brow dungeon design by today's standards. Anybody can do this, as hundreds of fan-created modules prove. Even if somebody published a carbon copy re-creation of the Tomb of Horrors, I'm not convinced that it would sell very well today, for this reason.</blockquote>